Pillsbury Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Melts S'More Sensation Filled Cookies

Melts S'More Sensation Filled Cookies: 4.3/5 ingredient safety

Melts S'More Sensation Filled Cookies by Pillsbury has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.3 out of 5, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.

  • Safety score 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Plant-based foods and beverages / Plant-based foods / Cereals and potatoes / Cereals and their products / Pie dough

How This Score Is Built

This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Melts S'More Sensation Filled Cookies, 4 of its 4 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.

Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.

Where Melts S'More Sensation Filled Cookies sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4.3 Top 38% higher than 62% of 58,710 scored products

Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value

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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07

4.3
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.3 out of 5
Based on 4 tracked ingredients
4
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
4
Low Risk / Safe
E
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.

Full Ingredients List

Enriched Flour Bleached (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Marshmallow Flavored Filling (High Fructose Corn Syrup, Water, Maltodextrin, Modified Corn Starch, Color Added, Salt, Cellulose Gel, Preservatives [Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate], Cellulose Gum, Xanthan Gum, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Malic Acid, Citric Acid), Brown Sugar, Palm And/Or Soybean Oil, Water, Canola Oil, Milk Chocolate Chips (Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Milk, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Natural Flavor), Whole Wheat Flour. Contains 2% Or Less Of: Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Baking Powder (Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate), Corn Syrup, Corn Starch, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Salt, Eggs, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Molasses, Honey, Propylene Glycol Alginate, Calcium Gluconate, Disodium Phosphate, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Yellow 5, Red 40, Yellow 6, Blue 1.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Melts S'More Sensation Filled Cookies: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.

Product Details

Barcode
0018000487790
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Melts S'More Sensation Filled Cookies's safety score compare to other products?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Melts S'More Sensation Filled Cookies's 4.3/5 average puts it in the safer 62%, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 4.3/5 ingredient safety score mean?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Melts S'More Sensation Filled Cookies's mapped ingredients average out to 4.3/5, which is the Low Risk tier.

Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.